A couple of weeks ago Becky from Asia wrote an excellent post about the church and how to remember those whom it sent. One thing that I hear too often are marketplace workers from North America who live and work abroad but their home church does not see this as an mission endeavor. They believe [...]
May 15, 2012
Missions, Sending Church, Skybridge
This post is a continuation of a series I’m doing on young churches that have built missions into the DNA of their church. Paul Davidson of Revo Church heads up his churches missional focus and I’m thankful he took the time to tell me more about what their church is doing to engage the nations [...]
April 23, 2012
church plants, Missions, Sending Church
I admit I love going out to eat and try different types of food. This past week I was in Dallas speaking at a training conference called SENT Lab. We intentionally ate international cuisine as part of the training. One day for lunch we ate at a Moroccan restaurant. Another day we at a Thai [...]
March 19, 2012
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Today’s post on someone working in the European marketplace is a continuation from a few days ago. You can catch up on the first part of Amber’s storyhere. Once I felt God leading me to pursue a teaching job, I learned I needed a masters in education in order to qualify for the job and [...]
March 5, 2012
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Last week www.skybridgecommunity.net had their annual retreat in Madrid. Due to the fact we are living out of Europe this year I was unable to attend. But I heard they had a great event.I know from years past and hearing the comments from this year that it is an awesome thing when marketplace workers who [...]
February 2, 2012
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Recently I was having a conversation with a Skybridge Community member (www.skybridgecommunity.net) who served effectively with a mission organization in Europe. This person transitioned from being a full time Christian ministry worker to a marketplace worker. Here is what they said that really stuck with me. “I am part of Skybridge because I am completely [...]
January 17, 2012
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The other day I was speaking in a small group bible study about missions. It was on a Sunday morning so I guess you could call it Sunday School. It was one of the times where you talk to the church about what is going on in the world and ways you are seeing God [...]
November 15, 2011
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